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SPH graduate student earns presentation spot and scholarship to state conference

SPH graduate student earns presentation spot and scholarship to state conference

School of Public Health graduate student Meghan Tuscano will be presenting research for a mindfulness intervention study at the upcoming 26th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Rural Health Association in October 2018. Tuscano has been involved with the study, “Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention among those in Recovery from Opioid Use Disorder Receiving Outpatient Medication-Assisted Treatment: Preliminary Results from a Quasi-Experimental Study,” from its inception. 

Her co-authors include Dr. Keith Zullig (Social and Behavioral Sciences), Laura Lander (Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry), Gerry Hobbs (Statistics), and Laurel Faulkenberry (Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry).

Tuscano also was awarded a competitive scholarship to attend the conference.